About this episode

The hosts discuss their uneventful Springs, Toronto sports, and recent readings including works by Dostoevsky and Jameson.

We chat about our fairly boring Springs, including Toronto sports, and Tom does an update on his recent reading, including Dostoevsky and Jameson. Mentioned: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky An Essay on Man by Ernst Cassirer The Following Story by Cees Nooteboom Molloy by Samuel Beckett Malone Dies by Samuel Beckett The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett Marxism and Form by Fredric Jameson AOR3 read-along next time is up to p. 209.

Topics covered

• Toronto sports
• Dostoevsky
• Jameson
• Spring

Keywords

• The Brothers Karamazov
• An Essay on Man
• The Following Story
• Molloy
• Malone Dies
• The Unnamable
• Marxism and Form

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